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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 20

Updated: 2011-02-21 17:13

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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 20

The damaged cabin of a cable car, which was blown up on Friday night by attackers, is seen near Mount Elbrus in Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia's North Caucasus region Feb 20, 2011. Although no casualties were reported, the local authorities decided to close the ski resort, which was then reopened on Sunday. Russia faces a long-running Islamist insurgency on its southern rim. Three bombs were defused in Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus on Sunday, a news agency reported, as authorities stepped up security days after militants shot dead five people. [Photo/Agencies]

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 20

Staff members of the NRT satellite channel and security personnel inspect the channel's damaged television station in Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad Feb 20, 2011. Gunmen raided and set fire to the television station in northern Iraq on Sunday, shutting down broadcasts of protests inspired by unrest around the Arab world, station and government officials said. [Photo/Agencies]

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